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Just how progressive is the new TPP?

Just how progressive is the new TPP?

Just how progressive is the new TPP? Just how progressive is the new TPP?, 22.83 MB
Thursday, January 25, 2018

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is reportedly a done deal, again.  The rebranded Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership is due to be signed in Chile on 8 March. Labour and NZ First are confident in changes, and have spent this most part of this morning defending their decision to flip from their pre election stance and sign. Meanwhile James Shaw released a statement that greens still will not sign. I chatted today with TPP critic Professor Jane Kelsey of the University of Auckland Law School to unpack what changes are in the new agreement, and just how hard our government is pushing for their demands.